- Syria held its first parliamentary elections, nearly a year after a rebel-led offensive unseated longtime autocratic leader Bashar al-Assad.
Syria
- Location: Syria is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
- Capital: Damascus
- Borders Countries: Turkey , Iraq , Jordan, Israel and Lebanon.
- Maritime Border Countries: Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea
- Major Rivers in Syria: Euphrates, Tigris
- Disputed Territories: Golan heights with Israel
